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PoseSwin is an AI capable of identifying wild bears one by one despite significant physical transformation. © 2026 EPFL/B.Rosenberg CC-BY-SA 4.0

AI enables a Who's Who of brown bears in Alaska

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A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the substantial changes that occur in their appearance over the summer season. This breakthrough holds significant promise for research, management, and conservation efforts.

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Juan Manuel García-Arcos joins EPFL as Ambizione Fellow

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Juan Manuel García-Arcos has joined EPFL’s School of Life Sciences as an SNSF Ambizione Fellow, where he will carry out an independent research project hosted in the lab of Professor Pierre Gönczy.

First-in-human drug trial lowers high blood fats

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In a Phase 1 clinical study, researchers led by EPFL and their partners report that a new liver- and gut-targeted oral drug can safely lower triglycerides and other blood lipids.

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The School of Life Sciences fosters education, research and innovation at the interface of engineering and biology to advance the understanding of the living world and solve biomedical problems.

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We offer a Bachelor and Master program in Life Sciences Engineering, a Master program in Neuro-X, as well as four Doctoral programs.

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Our research groups in 5 institutes operate at the interface of biology, basic sciences, computer sciences and engineering.

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We cultivate a climate of exploration and translation of knowledge and technologies to a sustainable benefit of humankind.

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Life Sciences Seminar: James Sharpe

 11.02.2026   14:0015:00

Speaker: James Sharpe
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Faculty Seminar Johannes Graeff: Epigenetic memory aids

 26.02.2026   12:1513:15

Speaker: Johannes Graeff
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Engineering Research Day 2026 – Health Science & Technology

 13.02.2026   13:0018:00

Speaker: Various speakers
Location:  SG 1138
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

CAS Management in Life Sciences [2026]

 27.01.202625.06.2026  

Location:  ODY -1 0021
Category: Miscellaneous
Target audience: General public

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A unified mechanism of NLR-mediated immune signaling in plants: from resistosomes to second messengers

 02.02.2026   14:0015:00

Speaker: Prof. Jijie Chai, Westlake University, China. 
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) – 4th JTC: Access to Care

 02.02.2026  

Category: Call for proposal
Target audience: General public

Dynamics of nuclear condensates - from proteins to mesoscale organization

Dynamics of nuclear condensates – from proteins to mesoscale organization

 03.02.2026   11:0012:00

Speaker: Claire Weaver, Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: General public

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When Fido’s kiss bites back: Unleashing the Tale of Capnocytophaga spp., Dogs, and Antibiotic Resistance

 03.02.2026   12:1513:15

Speaker: Adrian Egli, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Egli

When Fido’s kiss bites back: Unleashing the Tale of Capnocytophaga spp., Dogs, and Antibiotic Resistance

 03.02.2026   12:1513:15

Speaker: Adrian Egli, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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MDDB Conference

 03.02.202605.02.2026  

Location:  BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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